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Coups that are increasingly tolerated by the African Union, the sub-regional organizations and some African friends, it will be necessary to stop putting their authors in the position of having to account. Emmanuel Macron, who announced the end of Operation Barkhane, says France does not need to replace African states forever.…

Minister of the Forces Florence Parly announced on Friday 11 June the death of the jihadist cadre Aqmi Baye Ag Bakabo, the head of the command who had kidnapped our colleagues Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon on 2 November 2013 in Kidal in northern Mali. But for those close to them, the death of the jihadist deprives them of many answers.…

The new interim president of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, appointed members of a new government on Friday, June 11, where the military was given key positions such as defense, security and national reconciliation, national television said. Ali Coulibaly. The president of the transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, was the chief…

There are no official comments yet in the Sahelian capitals affected by the decision to end Operation Barkhane. In Bamako, where the coup carried out by Colonel Assimi Goïta three weeks ago has seized France, the power junta did not always react. this Friday, June 11, but the country will have to face many challenges. as…

Paris has confirmed the death of Baye Ag Bakabo, the head of the command who kidnapped our colleagues Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon on November 2, 2013 in Kidal in northern Mali. The information had been circulating since Wednesday, June 9, but was then not official. Several members of Baye Ag Bakabo's family had announced his death on social media, but neither Barkhane nor Elysee, who was contacted at the time, had confirmed. According to our information, Baye Ag Bakabo was killed near the town of Aguelhok where…

In Mali itself, the newspaper Malikilé wonders whether it is a "confession of failure in France's military strategy in the Sahel", a "bloodbath" or a "great irritation. The development of the situation in Mali". In all his questions, Malikilé also states that "the future candidate Emmanuel Macron saves himself a sword of Damocles over his head with possible reports of French soldiers being killed somewhere in the vast…

President Macron wants to "deeply transform" the French military presence in the Sahel. He explained this on Thursday during a press conference. Specifically, this means a reduction of French personnel in the region and the "end of Operation Barkhane as an external operation", in favor of an international alliance associating states in the region and Europeans. Explanations.…

Following talks on Tuesday, June 8, with the new President of the Malian Transition, Assimi Goïta, ECOWAS met with representatives of the African Union and the United Nations on Wednesday morning with the new Prime Minister Choguel Maïga. In particular on the program: the development of consultations on the formation of an inclusive government.…

In Mali, the Prime Minister of the Second Transitional Government was appointed on Monday, June 7, after the new President's Colonel Assimi Goïta. As expected, Choguel Maïga was appointed. The president of the MPR party and leader of the M5-RFP coalition, which organized the protest against former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta a year ago, must now form his government.…

He is the only French hostage in the world. French journalist Olivier Dubois was abducted in northern Mali exactly two months ago on Tuesday, June 8, while reporting in Gao, where he planned to interview a leader of the Islam and Muslim Support Group. Support meetings are organized today in Bamako and in Paris, Place de la République.…